Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis pyramidalis Lindl.
, legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony :
liii, adnot. [253]
[tax. nov.]
Lindley, J. (January 1840) , The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants :
388
[secondary reference]
Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) :
5
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 :
357
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Pterostylis barbata Lindl.
legitimate
by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) : 5
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 :
359
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis reflexa R.Br.
legitimate
by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) : 5
Sargent, O.H. (1906) , Orchids occurring in York. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(3) :
11
[secondary reference]
Ewart, A.J., Rees, B. & Wood, B. (March 1912) , Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 17. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24(1) :
72
[basionym]
basionym of:
Pterostylis nana var. pyramidalis ( Lindl.) Ewart, B.Rees & B.Wood
legitimate
Domin, K. (18 December 1912) , Additions to the Flora of Western and North-Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 41 :
250
[basionym]
basionym of:
Pterostylis nana var. pyramidalis ( Lindl.) Domin
isonym
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
190
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Swan river, Drummond – holo.: K-L."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
190
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis scabra var. robusta ( R.S.Rogers) A.S.George
legitimate
by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) : 5
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
190
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
32
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
legitimate
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2 :
837
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
205
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leafy Snail Greenhood
[n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
126
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis nana var. pyramidalis ( Lindl.) Domin
isonym
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis nana var. pyramidalis ( Lindl.) Ewart, B.Rees & B.Wood
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
344
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tall Snail Orchid
[n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised) :
344
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tall Snail Orchid
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
89
[secondary reference]
common name:
Snail Orchid
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002) , A new classification of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Australian Orchid Research 4 :
75
[basionym]
basionym of:
Linguella pyramidalis ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A. & Molloy, B.P.J. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002) , A synopsis of the subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4 :
131
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Linguella pyramidalis ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
268
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tall snail orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"pyramidal, alluding to the arrangement of the leaves"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
405
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tall Snail Orchid
[n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
240
[secondary reference]
Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016) , Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories :
39, 132
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017) , New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Review 82(2) :
63
[basionym]
basionym of:
Diplodium pyramidalis ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis nana var. pyramidalis ( Lindl.) Domin
isonym
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis nana var. pyramidalis ( Lindl.) Ewart, B.Rees & B.Wood
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Linguella pyramidalis ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Diplodium pyramidalis ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
misapplication:
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis : 23
misapplication:
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 : 56
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30 :
13
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. cauline leaves (N.Gibson & M.N.Lyons 1490) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
506
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Diplodium pyramidalis ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
154
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tall Snail Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin pyramidalis (pyramidal, pyramid-shaped), in reference to the leaves being large at the base and progressively smaller up the flowering stem."